Bottle-holder



No. 752,968. Patented February 23, 1904.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

ED W l N L. GATTEREB, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 752,968, dated February 23, 1904.

Application filed July 16, 1902. Serial No. 115,778. (No model.)

T a whom it y OOH/067%: three in number, are secured to the base in Be it known that LEDWIN L. GATTERER, a any suitable manner, two of them being atcitizen of the United States, residing in Jersey tached to the bottom support Z), and the third City, in the county of Hudson, State of New or back standard being attached to the ring Jersey, have invented certain new and useful or band a. It will be obvious that the length Improvements in Bottle-Holders, of which the and position of these standards d will deterfollowing isaspecification,reference beinghad mine the position of the frame B with respect to the accompanying drawings, forming apart to the base C, and that the particular shape hereof. of the bottle will require slight variations in 9 This invention relates to bottle holders or the position of the frame with respect to the stands, and more particularly to holders or base in order to bring the center of gravity of stands for irregularly-shaped bottles,.such as the bottle and its contents directly over the the common flat nurser. center of the base, this being of course the The object of the invention is to provide a condition for greatest stability. The center 5 simple frame adapted for conveniently receivof the band a and the center of the support Z1, 6 5 ing and holding such a bottle and having a if both are projected upon the base C, should relatively broad base, whereby the bottle is lie in the same line with the center of the base held in a substantially upright position, as for C; but the relative disposition of these three filling, without any liability of upsetting. points upon said line will vary with the ino In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of clination of the frame B to the base C and the bottle-holder with the bottle held therein. also with the position of the band a with re- Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, the outline spect to the support 6. of the bottle being indicated by dotted lines. The frame .B and the standards (Z. may be Fig. 3 is a plan view of the holder without stamped out of a single piece of sheet metal 5 the bottle. and easily bent into the form above described, 7 5

A nurser of the common form has been and shown in the drawings. The ends of the chosen for illustration and is indicated at A in standards d, which are of flat strips of metal, the drawings. may then be bent around and .soldered to the The bottle-holder comprisesasuitable frame annular-shaped wire base C.

o B for receiving and holding the bottle and a It will be obvious that instead of employing 8o relatively broad base C, over which the frame sheet metal the bottle holder may be conis supported by standards d, in order to rest 'structed of wire, which is bent into the proper the bottle with stability. The frame B may shape, and, furthermore, instead of constructcomprisea fiat ring or band a, which is elliping the holder from one piece of wire or metal 5 tical in shape to conform to the periphery of the same may be formed of separate parts, 8 5 the bottle, and a lower or bottom support 6 .which are afterward fastened together. It for supporting the base of the bottle and prefwill also be obvious that a bottle-stand conerably secured to the flat ring or band a by structed inthis way will be almost impossible flat strips 0. It is customary to provide the to'overturn and that the bottle may be easily .0 ordinary flat nursing-bottle with a vent-valve and quickly inserted and withdrawn from the 9 at the base thereof, and the lower or bottom same;

' support I; may accordingly comprise a ring or These holders will be found most useful for band, which encircles the neck of the vent, as retaining the bottles while they are being filled is clearly illustrated in the drawings. with hot fluids, as well as while they are being 5 The base C is preferably formed of a piece rinsed out with scalding-hot water.

of wire bent into a circular shape and is of It will be evident that by changing the posuch a dimension that the frame B maybe sition of the frame B with respect to the base supported over the same in a manner to hold and by varying the shape of the retainer-band the bottle within the circumference of said a a bottle-holder may be constructed which base. The standards (Z, which are preferably I will be adapted to receive any bottle, what- I ever-be its shape, and accordingly the invention is not to be considered as limited to bottle-holders for irregularly-shaped bottles.

I claim as my invention' 1. A bottle holder or stand comprising a ring or band and a bottom support secured to said ring or band for receiving and holding a bottle, a relatively broad base, and standards for supporting said ring or band and bottom support upon said base, substantially as described.

2. A bottle holder or stand adapted to receive and hold a bottle having a vent-valve at the bottom thereof, said holder or stand comprising a flat ring or band for encircling the bottle, a second ring or band for supporting the base of the bottle and encircling the neck of said vent, a relatively broad base for supporting said rings or bands, and standards upon said base arranged to support the bottle and rings or bands centrally over the base, substantially as described.

3. A bottle hold er or stand adapted to receive and hold a bottle having a vent-valve at the bottom thereof, said holder or stand comprising a flat ring or band for encircling the bottle, a second ring or band for supporting the base of the bottle and secured to the first ring or band, a relatively broad base for supporting said rings or bands, the center of said base being on a line between the centers of said rings or bands, and standards upon said base EDWVIN L. GATTERER. [L. s]

In presence of JAMES D. MOKINLEY, [L. s.]

W. M. MARTIN. 

